dimanche 29 janvier 2017

ARISS USA in Danbury jeudi 2 février 2017

ARISS contact planned for School in Danbury CT USA

An
International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut
Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD with South Street School, Danbury CT USA. The
event is scheduled Thursday February 2, 2017 at approximately 18:49 UTC ,
which is 20:49 CEWT.

The telebridge contact will be operated by ON4ISS, located in Belgium.

School presentation

There are two schools participating in this event; South Street Elementary School and Westside Middle School Academy (WMSA).

Westside
Middle School Academy offers students a unique opportunity to partake
in rigorous hands-on activities. There are two academies at Westside,
STEM and Global Studies. In the STEM academy, students take part in
engineering projects such as building small paper boats, designing
escape pods and launching weather balloons. Students also participate in
the Connecticut Invention Convention and Connecticut State Science
Fair. Teamwork is essential at Westside. Our teachers encourage us to go
beyond our limits and to give our best effort. In addition, Westside
has a culture of safety, respect and responsibility (S R 2), which
ensures that all students are learning in a safe environment. Finally,
the diversity of our school community enhances the learning experience
for all students.

South Street School is one of 13 elementary
schools in the city of Danbury. The staff of South Street prides
themselves on the diversity of the school as it compares to the rest of
the district as well as the state. The state average for Hispanic
students making up the school population is 22.1%, South Street boasts a
solid 64.5% Hispanic population. The “Melting Pot” community that is
found at the school allows for an incredible mix of background
experiences, cultural traditions and a wealth of different styles of
learning. The majority of students gets to and from school by walking
with their families or friends and the sense of community and family is
strongly felt in the school and the surrounding areas. Students at
South Street thrive in an environment that emphasizes inquiry based
learning and hands on experiences to fully immerse themselves in the
complex curriculum of today’s schools.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

From South Street

1. Joycelyn (4th grade): What is the most difficult part of your job?

2.
Bryan (5th grade): What type of microorganisms are dangerous in space?
What micro-organisms are important and needed in space?

3:
Zahara (5th grade): What type of medical testing does and astronaut have
to go through to be physically and mentally fit for duty?

4. Juliet (4th grade): Did you always want to be an astronaut, or is it something you came to as part of a different career?

5. Shianne (5th grade): Does it bother you that you cannot see your family in space?

6. Madison (5th grade): What was it like to leave the Earth’s atmosphere, how did it feel?

7. Mia (5th grade): How long can a human stay in space?

8. Lindsey (5th grade): How are you able to get internet in space and send information back and forth to Earth?

From WSMA

9. Bethany (7th grade): How do you handle Major Medical emergencies such as a broken arm or a heart attack?

10.Paloma (7th grade): Do you have medical equipment besides a first aid kit ?

11. Oscar (7th grade): Can you alter the procedure of an experiment?

12. Alex (7th grade): Are you limited in the types of experiment? Such as doing an experiment with open fire?

13. Marianna (7th grade): Do astronauts work only on experiments that suit his/her specialty?

14. Stella (7th grade): Do all the astronauts sleep at the same time?

15. Kayla (7th grade): How do you overcome the language barrier aboard the ISS?

17.
Shelbie (5th grade): Is there different types of weather in space? How
does the temperature change during the time you are there?

18. Nicholas (5th grade): Is time different in space? How do you figure out what time it is on Earth?

19. Alexis (7th grade): What is the emergency procedure if debris were going to hit the space station?

20. Alexis (7th grade): What time zone is the ISS on?

ARISS
is an international educational outreach program partnering the
volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around
the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space
Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.

ARISS offers an opportunity for
students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking
directly with crewmembers on board the International Space Station.
Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and
crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science,
technology, and learning.

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An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for
astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD with South Street School, Danbury CT
USA.

The event is scheduled Thursday February 2, 2017 at approximately 18:49 UTC , which is 19:49 CEWT.

The telebridge contact will be operated by ON4ISS, located in Belgium.